Hi, i'm new, My name is Steve Smith and i live on box hill (right by Rykas!) i have a 106 GTI at the moment that has tasteful mods, i've always wanted a FRST and it looks like i now can afford insurance and afford a good FRST.

Looking at one in the classifieds, Black, 80k miles, 170bhp, 16" Softspokes. Which looks perfect apart from a few bits of rust which i can get sorted straight away.

Apart from rust is there anything else i need to look out for?

I've had turbo cars before so i know about how i need to look after them but anything i need to look out for imparticular with Fiesta's?

Thank you for any help.

 

This one....

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=254282

 

the obvious filler cap. back panel, sills where the seat mount underneath rust spots. this does look a very nice fiesta RS TURBO get it hpi checked first. smoke on start up jusy usual stuff really steve. also watch out for any noise on top end knocking etc because the big ends and mains will be reqd and you can only regring the cranks once. hope thuis helps and good luck cheeRS lee

 

Cheers mate, i know a fair bit about them so i'm not doing in blind, my mate has had a few XR2i's so i know about the filler cap etc.. i was more concerned about what to look for with regards to the engine! So thanks mate.

 

the engine oh i thought you meant bodywork. the engine blue smoke from exhaust engine mounts faulty cus if its got a t3 fitted then it will hit the rad and thats not good. check for whinig in the gearbox. the engine are'nt that bad in the fiesta rs turbo. if its running big boost make sure its got low comp pistons mate. just check for noise on the engine as the cvh pick the main oil feed up fromt he centre of the crank and any noise from top ends doesnt mean its followers. hope this helps you out